Ephesians 6:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Whereof I am the ambassadour in bonds, that therein I may speake boldely, as I ought to speake.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὑπὲρ οὗ πρεσβεύω ἐν ἁλύσει: ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ παῤῥησιάσωμαι, ὡς δεῖ με λαλῆσαι.

Transliteration

Hyper hou presbeuō in halysei: hina in it parrēsiasōmai, as dei me lalēsai.

Grammar Details

• *Hyper hou*: preposition + relative pronoun, genitive, neuter, singular - for which
• *presbeuō*: present indicative, 1st person singular - I am an ambassador
• *halysei*: dative, feminine, singular - chain
• *hina*: conjunction - that/so that [purpose]
• *parrēsiasōmai*: aorist subjunctive, 1st person singular, middle - I may speak boldly
• *dei*: present indicative, 3rd person singular, impersonal - it is necessary/ought
• *lalēsai*: aorist infinitive, active - to speak

Word Meanings

• *Hyper hou*: for which/on behalf of which
• *presbeuō*: I am an ambassador/I serve as an envoy
• *halysei*: chain/bond/fetter
• *parrēsiasōmai*: I may speak boldly/declare with confidence
• *dei*: it is necessary/ought/must
• *lalēsai*: to speak/talk/tell

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Now then are we ambassadours for Christ: as though God did beseeche you through vs, we pray you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled to God.
• Acts 28:20 : 20 For this cause therefore haue I called for you, to see you, and to speake with you: for that hope of Israels sake, I am bound with this chaine.
• Phil 1:7 : 7 As it becommeth me so to iudge of you all, because I haue you in remembrance that both in my bands, and in my defence, & confirmation of the Gospell you all were partakers of my grace.
• Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause, I Paul am the prisoner of Iesus Christ for you Gentiles,
• Col 4:4 : 4 That I may vtter it, as it becommeth mee to speake.
• Phlm 1:10 : 10 I beseeche thee for my sonne Onesimus, whome I haue begotten in my bondes,
• 1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren.
• Jude 1:3 : 3 Beloued, when I gaue al diligece to write vnto you of the common saluatio, it was needful for me to write vnto you to exhort you, that yee should earnestly contend for the maintenace of ye faith, which was once giuen vnto the Saintes.
• 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 But euen after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated at Philippi, (as ye knowe) we were bolde in our God, to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with much striuing.
• 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lord giue mercie vnto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chaine,
• 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 Wherein I suffer trouble as an euill doer, euen vnto bondes: but the worde of God is not bounde.
• Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, being prisoner in the Lorde, praie you that yee walke worthie of the vocation whereunto yee are called,
• Eph 6:19 : 19 And for me, that vtterance may be giuen vnto me, that I may open my mouth boldly to publish the secret of the Gospel,
• Phil 1:13-14 : 13 So that my bandes in Christ are famous throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other places, 14 In so much that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bandes, and dare more frankely speake the word.
• Phil 1:20 : 20 As I feruently looke for, and hope, that in nothing I shalbe ashamed, but that with all confidence, as alwayes, so nowe Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death.
• Acts 28:31 : 31 Preaching the kingdome of God, and teaching those things which concerne the Lord Iesus Christ, with all boldnesse of speache, without let.
• 2 Sam 10:2-6 : 2 Then sayde Dauid, I will shewe kindnesse vnto Hanun the sonne of Nahash, as his father shewed kindnesse vnto me; Dauid sent his seruantes to comfort him for his father. So Dauids seruants came into the lande of the children of Ammon. 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon sayde vnto Hanun their lorde, Thinkest thou that Dauid doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters to thee? hath not Dauid rather sent his seruants vnto thee, to search the citie, & to spie it out, and to ouerthrow it? 4 Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids seruants, and shaued off the halfe of their beard, & cut off their garments in the middle, euen to their buttockes, and sent them away. 5 When it was told vnto Dauid, he sent to meete them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the King sayde, Tary at Iericho, vntill your beards be growen, then returne. 6 And when the children of Ammon sawe that they stanke in the sight of Dauid, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Aramites of the house of Rehob, and the Aramites of Zoba, twentie thousande footemen, and of King Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelue thousande men.
• Prov 13:17 : 17 A wicked messenger falleth into euill: but a faithfull ambassadour is preseruation.
• Isa 33:7 : 7 Behold, their messengers shal cry without, and ye ambassadours of peace shal weepe bitterly.
• Isa 58:1 : 1 Crye aloude, spare not: lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet, and shewe my people their transgression, and to the house of Iaakob, their sinnes.
• Jer 1:7-8 : 7 But the Lord said vnto me, Say not, I am a childe: for thou shalt goe to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoeuer I command thee, shalt thou speake. 8 Be not afraide of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lord.
• Jer 1:17 : 17 Thou therefore trusse vp thy loynes, and arise and speake vnto them all that I commaunde thee: be not afraide of their faces, lest I destroy thee before them.
• Ezek 2:4-7 : 4 For they are impudent children, and stiffe hearted: I do send thee vnto them, & thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God. 5 But surely they will not heare, neither in deede will they cease: for they are a rebellious house: yet shall they knowe that there hath bene a Prophet among them. 6 And thou sonne of man, feare them not, neither be afraide of their wordes, although rebels, and thornes be with thee, and thou remainest with scorpions: feare not their wordes, nor be afrayde at their lookes, for they are a rebellious house. 7 Therefore thou shalt speake my words vnto them: but surely they will not heare, neither will they in deede cease: for they are rebellious.
• Matt 10:27-28 : 27 What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee on the houses. 28 And feare yee not them which kill the bodie, but are nor able to kill the soule: but rather feare him, which is able to destroy both soule and bodie in hell.
• Acts 5:29 : 29 Then Peter and the Apostles answered, & sayd, We ought rather to obey God then men.
• Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chiefe Captaine came neere and tooke him, and commaunded him to be bound with two chaines, and demaunded who he was, and what he had done.
• Acts 26:29 : 29 Then Paul sayd, I would to God that not onely thou, but also all that heare me to day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.